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| (115) | As regards comparison over time, it may be challenging to identify with sufficient precision the period when the market was affected by a certain infringement. The parties may present a decision issued by a competition authority which mentions an infringement period, i.e. sets out dates at which the infringement started and ended. However, this period may not correspond to the period in which a market was actually affected by the infringement. It is also important to note that determining the dates of either the infringement period or the period in which the market was affected, can have a strong impact on the outcome of the analysis. In reality, the effect of the infringement may not be limited to the period provided in such decision (98). On the one hand, the start date identified by the competition authority may post-date the actual start of the infringement, for instance due to lack of reliable evidence (99). On the other hand, the end date provided in an infringement decision may pre-date the end of the actual infringement.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.